<![CDATA[I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim]]>I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ce15ab76-be49-4c83-b994-bb940b3a15bf/i-miss-editing-php-files-on-production-servers-using-vimRSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 19:51:19 GMTSat, 30 May 2026 02:55:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 22:17:39 GMT]]>@mausmalone @LilahTovMoon I've done this, more or less.

I SSH'd into one of our production boxes, attached a REPL to a running Clojure web server, and swapped out a function in the server process.

This helped us *finally* solve a bug that we had been unable to figure out from telemetry and experiments. We also took a number of precautions in order to make this safe. But it was still fun as hell.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/varx/statuses/116665841077724068https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/varx/statuses/116665841077724068Sat, 30 May 2026 22:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 11:45:39 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon

If that's your preference, you'd probably enjoy ed(1) on a Teletype too 🙂

It's not as easy as it looks, depending on how much paper remains in the box at your feet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/seindal/statuses/116663355955945376https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/seindal/statuses/116663355955945376Sat, 30 May 2026 11:45:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 08:05:49 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon You can always take up chainsaw juggling as a hobby, much the same kick, but less dangerous 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/waywardsun/statuses/116662491543301329https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/waywardsun/statuses/116662491543301329Sat, 30 May 2026 08:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 07:40:36 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon nobody's stopping u from still doing it >:]

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/twynb/statuses/116662392375866678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/twynb/statuses/116662392375866678Sat, 30 May 2026 07:40:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 06:34:37 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon In my first job for a now long-dead ISP, I generated FrontPage sites and added ASP code into them, and then fixed bugs live on production servers with Notepad.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/drahardja/statuses/116662132872791076https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/drahardja/statuses/116662132872791076Sat, 30 May 2026 06:34:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 06:26:57 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon
noooo

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://laconic.social/users/lennby/statuses/116662102725524764https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://laconic.social/users/lennby/statuses/116662102725524764Sat, 30 May 2026 06:26:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 06:00:17 GMT]]>@AcornSquashbuckler @LilahTovMoon Everybody has a test environment. Some of them are even separate from prod!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://az.social/users/lerxst/statuses/116661997908702746https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://az.social/users/lerxst/statuses/116661997908702746Sat, 30 May 2026 06:00:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 04:21:00 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon we didn't even know we were born

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/purple/statuses/116661607502741169https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/purple/statuses/116661607502741169Sat, 30 May 2026 04:21:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 03:21:35 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon Why should something lame like "process" or "good practice" or "dear god not on prod" stop you? Don't let your dreams be dreams

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/AcornSquashbuckler/statuses/116661373852058937https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/AcornSquashbuckler/statuses/116661373852058937Sat, 30 May 2026 03:21:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss editing PHP files on production servers using vim on Sat, 30 May 2026 03:17:42 GMT]]>@LilahTovMoon lol and, if I may add, lmao

I still do this, and more often than I should ever admit. IT has made it so onerous for me to do anything the right way that, if there's any need for a quick fix, there's no other option.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116661358565833727https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116661358565833727Sat, 30 May 2026 03:17:42 GMT